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From press releases, staff reports and The Hartford Courant, August 12, 2013

ESPN2 To Air Hawks Game The Hartford men's basketball team is headed to Dunk City as part of ESPN's Tip-Off Marathon. The Hawks will play at Florida Gulf Coast Nov. 12 at 7 a.m. The game will air on ESPN2, Hartford's first appearance on that network since a game at Kentucky in Dec. 2009. "It's great for the student body, great for the program, great for where the program is," coach John Gallagher said. "To be invited to play this game just tells you there's excitement around the program.

Henry Cheung, Altus Power Management and Greater New Britain, August 10, 2013

As the nation looks towards alternative energy solutions, the state of Connecticut has established itself as a front-runner in this movement by aggressively pursuing higher standards of energy efficiency. In this effort, Connecticut has garnered support from various industries within the private sector. One such leader in this sector is Altus Power Management, a private investment firm specializing in solar energy project investments. Altus Power Management, in collaboration with ESPN and Winstanley Enterprises, is pleased to announce the completion of a 663 kW solar system located on the rooftop of ESPN North Campus in Bristol.

An East Coast autograph broker told ESPN on Tuesday that Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel was paid $7,500 for signing autographs in January. The broker claimed that Manziel signed about 300 mini- and full-sized helmets on Jan. 11-12 at the Walter Camp Football Foundation event. The broker played two cell phone videos for ESPN showing the quarterback signing white Texas A&M helmets and footballs laid out on a hotel room bed, but does not show him accepting any money. The broker said the room was at The Omni hotel in New Haven.

On Sept. 23, forty individuals, all under the age of 40, will be recognized at the 17th annual 40 under Forty Awards Ceremony at the Connecticut Convention Center from 5 to 9 p.m. The event, produced by the Hartford Business Journal, will honor outstanding young professionals in the Greater Hartford area. "This year's honorees were chosen from more than 125 nominations. They are leaders in their respective fields and committed to bettering the communities in which they live and work," said Gail Lebert, publisher of the Hartford Business Journal.

A New York Times story says the state of Connecticut has given ESPN, in Bristol, $260 million in state tax breaks and credits over the past 12 years (or $21.6 million a year). ESPN takes in $6 billion a year in subscriber fees alone. Should the state be so generous? Or will Connecticut lose the giant sports empire - and its thousands of jobs - if the tax breaks stop? Should the tax breaks be given to smaller companies instead? Or is ESPN a magnet for other sports media, like NBC Sports, which recently opened headquarters in Connecticut?

Bluefoot Entertainment, based in West Hartford, collaborated with ESPN on it's Open Championship coverage for the sixth year in a row, producing essays, bumps and multiple Opening Sequences that will air throughout The Open this week at Muirfield. The videos showcase the unique faces and places that make up the beautiful country of Scotland. Bluefoot's team traveled across the country earlier this year to capture some incredible areas and people. From the historic city of Edinburgh to Aberdeen and Inverness, the team traveled over a thousand miles on this trip alone, capturing unique images from each unique region.

ESPN has announced that controversial on-air personality Keith Olbermann will return to the network and host a late-night show in ESPN2 beginning on Aug. 26. The move was announced by ESPN President John Skipper on Wednesday. Olbermann worked for ESPN from 1992-97 and has worked for a number of outlets since leaving, including hosting a political show on MSNBC. The format of the show - to be called Olbermann - will be to focus and comment on the day's major sports topics.

While I was a junior at Rutgers, learning how to become a sports writer, Claire Smith was out there fighting for me. And I didn't even know it. I didn't even know it until the other day when Smith, who works at ESPN, and I sat down to talk about the upcoming ESPN documentary "Let Them Wear Towels," which details some of the battles that female sports writers had to go through to do their jobs. It's the third film in the company's "Nine for IX" series about women's sports, and it airs Tuesday night at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

By MARYELLEN FILLO, mfillo@courant.com and The Hartford Courant, July 9, 2013

There was some fun to be had over at ESPN Monday as comic/actor/rapper/producer/tv personality and “America's Got Talent” host Nick Cannon stopped by the Bristol-based sports mega-network to appear on a variety of its tv and radio shows before heading back to his own projects. Cannon, who is married to singer/actress Mariah Carey, not only hosts the popular reality show but is the creator of “Wild 'N Out,' a popular comedy team reality show that was on a six-year hiatus but returns to MTV2 on Tuesday.

Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN today confirmed it has canceled two shows - UNITE and ESPNEWS' Highlight Express - because of low ratings, a day after the Bristol-based sports network said it would shut its 3D cable channel in the United States. Spokesman Mike Soltys said the staffs of the two shows, both broadcast from Bristol, were notified Wednesday of the cancellation and neither show aired Wednesday night. UNITE was a late-night entertainment show that debuted in August, was geared to the college-age male and aired on ESPNU.